Thunderbolt Jaxon is a fictional Australian-British Golden Age comic book superhero. He first appeared in Thunderbolt Jaxon Comics #1, published in Australia by Amalgamated Press in 1949. While the character debuted in an Australian comic it was created by British staff working at Amalgamated Press' UK headquarters. The character has since appeared intermittently in British comics, and was revived by Wildstorm in 2006 for a five-issue mini-series written by Dave Gibbons with art by John Higgins. Publication History With their Australian wing struggling to keep up with a rash of imported American titles Amalgamated Press editor Edward "Ted" Holmes was instructed to devise strips specially for that market. The result was Thunderbolt Jaxon, devised by the prolific Jacques Pendowner (under his JCH Jacobs pseudonym) and drawn by Hugh McNeill. Holmes later wrote material for the strip himself. Despite the character having the powers of the Norse God Thor, Thunderbolt Jaxon's costume was more ancient Greek in style, with a close-fitting, short-sleeved shirt, short skirt and laced boots. Adventures of the character in AP's British title The Comet after they purchased it from J.B. Allen and reoriented it to an action comic. After debuting in the 13th August 1949 edition, the Thunderbolt Jaxon strip only lasted a few weeks before being dropped. The Australian series was similarly short-lived, being cancelled after six issues. After a long hiatus Thunderbolt Jaxon returned in another AP title, Knockout. This time the character's adventures lasted 18 months, from August 1958 to January 1960 (including being the subject of the cover for the 1960 Knockout Annual), with new material including art by Ian Kennedy. A second revival followed in 1964, where the strips were modified slightly and published as Johnny Samson in the pages of Buster until 1965. In 1989 the character made a guest appearance in Grant Morrison's 2000AD strip Zenith as one of a large number of multiversal superheroes battling the Lloigor. Thunderbolt Jaxon joins a force of superhumans sent to Alternative 257, a parallel Earth. There he is killed by the Lloigor-possessed Wyvern when his belt fails to activate. The character was one of many Amalgamated Press/Fleetway/IPC characters licenced to DC Comics via WildStorm in 2005, Thunderbolt Jaxon did not appear in the Albion mini-series. Instead a reimagining of the hero appeared in a 2006 spin-off mini-series "from the world of Albion", written by Dave Gibbons, who also provided covers for the five